AAP News Vol. 14 No. 5 May 1998, p. 1
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Child deaths hit communities hard: Disasters demand psychological triage

Laura J. Rongé

No community is immune to catastrophe, but when children are involved — as in the Jonesboro, Ark., schoolyard slayings in April, the fatal Paducah, Ky., prayer group shootings in December, or the Pearl, Miss., school killings in October — the tragedy and psychic toll are compounded.

Whether conducting on-site triage, counseling survivors in the emergency room or contending with the short- and long-term suffering of their patients, families and communities, pediatricians must treat and comfort while coping with their own horror, grief and loss.